What's your position on kamae?

[paul browne]

Gassho,

Steve's last post about us all being a bunch of waffly, intellectual wusses about to disappear up our highly trained zen fundaments seems to have scared everyone off :) (Bad Steve!!! back to your horologising)
So having a tally sheet in the low hundreds I'll get the ball rolling.

What's your position on Gamae?:)

Which ones do you favour in randori ?
Do you like short, long, high or low ?
Do you favour zenkutsu or kokutsu ?
What stances do you never use ?
Do you favour orthodox or southpaw? (and are you left or right handed?)
Have you used a gamae in real life ? which one(s) and why?

Usual rules apply, keep it polite (shouldn't be too hard, gamae is personal) and take the time to give some detail.

Oh, and does anyone have a formally taught application for Yoko Muso, Tate Muso and Gyaku Taikigamae?

Regards
Paul

Kesshu

[Steve Williams]

Gassho,

Steve's last post about us all being a bunch of waffly, intellectual wusses about to disappear up our highly trained zen fundaments seems to have scared everyone off :)
Just proof that they are all wusses..... (is that a real word?)

What's your position on Gamae?:)
Gamae is my position ;)

Which ones do you favour in randori ?
All of them.....

Do you like short, long, high or low ?
A "normal" walking pace apart, and a slight bend in the knees

Do you favour zenkutsu or kokutsu ?
Both (depends if I am attacking or defending)

What stances do you never use ?
None

Do you favour orthodox or southpaw? (and are you left or right handed?)
Use both (must have balance) but I am right handed

Have you used a gamae in real life ? which one(s) and why?
Yes, once, cannot remember, too much happening to actually think of stance, but it seemed to work ok


Usual rules apply, keep it polite (shouldn't be too hard, gamae is personal) and take the time to give some detail.
I'm always polite :p
ooops.... not too much detail though :eek:

[paul browne]

Gassho,



ooops.... not too much detail though :eek:

Williams Sensei you've let me down, your kenshi down, but most of all you've let yourself down :cry: i'm not angry, just disappointed:( .
I now expect a 500 word post on why Shornji Kempo doesn't use handstand gamae, body popping or levitation in it's combat methods. Then and only then will you have redeemed yourself :).

Liked your second answer (smacks of Musashi):)

How'd Sweden go?

Regards
Paul
Kesshu

[Rob Gassin]

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What's your position on Gamae?

I'm not sure what you mean Paul :confused: .

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Which ones do you favour in randori ?

Variations of taiki, shita, hasso and chudan

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Do you like short, long, high or low ?

Short and high

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Do you favour zenkutsu or kokutsu ?

Vary from one to the other depending on circumstances.

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What stances do you never use ?

Fukko gamae, if i can help it

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Do you favour orthodox or southpaw? (and are you left or right handed?)

Use both but prefer orthodox even though I'm left handed.

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Have you used a gamae in real life ? which one(s) and why?
Yes, once, used a high hasso gamae to invite a wrist grab, aggressor grabbed both wrists and juji gote worked a treat.


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Usual rules apply, keep it polite (shouldn't be too hard, gamae is personal) and take the time to give some detail.

Why would a pack of losers like you lot want to know my thoughts about gamae anyway?
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[paul browne]

Gassho
Hi Rob,


Rob Gassin;470620]Quote:
What's your position on Gamae?

I'm not sure what you mean Paul :confused: .

Just very poor wordplay:)



Usual rules apply, keep it polite (shouldn't be too hard, gamae is personal) and take the time to give some detail.

Why would a pack of losers like you lot want to know my thoughts about gamae anyway?
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Your imparted wisdom may make us all WINNERS!!!:)
Or drag you down to our level!!:up:

Regards
Paul
kesshu

[Tripitaka of AA]

kamae.






Somebody had to.

[Anders Pettersson]

kamae.






Somebody had to.

Yes, but at least they have managed not to spell randori like many brits: randoori ;)

/Anders

[dirk.bruere]

Yes, but at least they have managed not to spell randori like many brits: randoori ;)

/Anders

I suppose when you're over here you order a tandori at the local Indian?

Dirk

[Anders Pettersson]

I suppose when you're over here you order a tandori at the local Indian?

I actually don't think I ever been to an Indian resturant in the UK, but honestly I have no problem to say randori (as it is pronounced in Japanese) when talking about Shorinji Kempo, or to say tandoori if I want to order some food in an Indian resturant. :)

/Anders

[Ewok]

kamae.






Somebody had to.

Glad someone is doing my job :laugh:

And I prefer something between ichi-ji-gamae and hasso-gamae for randori - need to protect the head, but people focus far more on landing kicks to the do, so you need to keep it open. You don't need to have a solid kamae, what we learn as kihon are heavily exaggerated to get a point across (usually that they create an opening or an illusion of an opening).

[Steve Williams]

I actually don't think I ever been to an Indian resturant in the UK,/Anders

Well, guess where we are going next time you come over ;):D

[David Dunn]

Well, guess where we are going next time you come over ;):D

Knowing the area very well, within five miles of Teikyo (the summer camp location) there are two of the finest Indian restaurants I've ever had the pleasure to eat in:

http://www.spicemerchantgroup.net/beaconsfield.htm (review at http://www.toptable.co.uk/venues/restaurants/?id=1896 )

and

http://www.tripti.co.uk/index.aspx

Alternatively, the China Diner in Beaconsfield is also a fine, fine, Chinese restaurant:
http://www.china-diner.co.uk/

All a short taxi ride from Steve up the A40. It's hard to see when you're there, but Teikyo is slap, bang in the middle of one of the most pleasant parts of the UK. You just have to ignore the elephant in the room that is Slough :)

Anyway, that's thread drift. I agree, it's good to take a position on kamae.

[Steve Williams]

I bow to davids knowledge of Indian restaurants......
(having seen how he is "growing" lately I REALLY bow to his knowledge ;) )

You realise I am going to have to do a little "research" into these eating establishments......